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Contains government orders from 1861 to 1865. The orders are pasted to individual pages and arranged chronologically by department

1861: General orders, no. 19 (November 1, 1861) / Headquarters of the Army. -- General orders no. 29 (June 4, 1861), no. 68 (August 27, 1861), no. 94 (November 1, 1861) / War Department, Adjutant General's Office

1862: General orders, Department of the South, Headquarters in the Field, Morris Island, S.C., Sept. 15th, 1862. -- General orders, no 5 (January 22, 1862 / Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office. -- General orders, no. 40 (April 15, 1862), no. 57 (June 1, 1862), no. 71 (June 21, 1862), no. 82 (July 21, 1862), no. 101 (August 11, 1862), no. 103 (August 12, 1862), no. 108 (August 16, 1862), no. 124 (September 3, 1862), no. 141 (September 25, 1862), no. 168 (October 24, 1862), no. 182 (November 5, 1862) / War Department, Adjutant General's Office

1863: General orders, no. 69 (April 3d, 1863), no. 87 (April 21st, 1863), no. 242 (October 19th, 1863), no. 243 (Oct. 20th 1863) / Head-quarters, Department of the Cumberland. -- December 8, 1863. By the President of the United States. A proclamation. -- General orders, no 38 (February 11, 1863), no. 83 (April 1, 1863), no. 89 (April 6, 1863), no. 194 (June 27, 1863), no. 195 (June 29, 1863), no. 252 (July 31, 1863), no. 253 (July 31, 1863), no. 300 (September 5, 1863), no. 331 (October 9, 1863), no. 340 (October 19, 1863), no. 398 (December 21, 1863) / War Department, Adjutant General's Office

1864: Executive order, relative to the purchase of products of insurrectionary states (September 24, 1864. -- Circular, no. 55 (July 21, 1864) / War Department, Adjutant General's Office. -- General orders, no. 28 (January 22, 1864), no. 35 (February 1, 1864), no. 69 (February 22, 1864), no. 76 (February 26, 1864 ; 2 copies), no. 87 (March 3, 1864 ; 2 copies), no. 88 (March 8, 1864), no. 98 (March 12, 1864), no. 100 (March 15, 1864), no. 117 (March 24, 1864), no. 128 (March 30, 1864), no. 137 (April 2, 1864), no. 196 (May 12, 1864), no. 200 (May 19, 1864), no. 201 (May 21, 1864), no. 205 (June 1, 1864), no. 206 (June 3, 1864 ; 2 copies), no. 232 (July 19, 1864), no. 242 (August 8, 1864 ; 2 copies), no. 247 (August 25, 1864), no. 259 (September 21, 1864), no. 263 (September 28, 1864), no. 282 (November 14, 1864 ; 2 copies), no. 297 (December 3, 1864), no. 302 (December 21, 1864), no. 304 (December 26, 1864), no. 308 (December 29, 1864) / War Department, Adjutant General's Office. -- Memorandum (March 3, 1864) / War Department, Adjutant General's Office. -- Circular (September 24, 1864) / War Department, Cavalry Bureau, Office Inspector General

1865: General order, no. 51 (April 15, 1865) / Navy Department. -- General orders, no. 21 (18th April 1865) / Quartermaster General's Office. -- General orders, no. 4 (January 16, 1865), no. 21 (February 10, 1865), no. 24 (February 21, 1865), no. 27 (February 25, 1865), no. 35 (March 11, 1865), no. 50 (March 27, 1865), no. 53 (March 31, 1865), no. 64 (April 13, 1865), no. 69 (April 17, 1865), no. 73 (April 24, 1865), no. 108 (June 9, 1865)

Selection of general orders and proclamations from 1861 including the assumption of command of the Armies of the United States by George B. McClellan, the death of Stephen A. Douglas, and retirement of General Winfield Scott

Selection of general orders and proclamations from 1862 including the victories at Forts Sumter, Wagner and Gregg, victory at Mill Spring, Kentucky, the need for presidential approval for death sentence for prisoners, assignment of Henry W. Halleck as General-in-Chief, creation of the Army of Virginia with Gen. John Pope in command, appointment of Joseph Holt as Judge Advocate General of the Army, suspension of writ of habeas corpus, creation of the Department of the Cumberland, and the order for Gen. McClellan to be relieved and Gen. Burnside to assume command

Selection of general orders and proclamations from 1863 including an order for a General Muster of the Department of the Cumberland, end of the command of the Department of the Cumberland by W.S. Rosecrans, assumption of the same command by George H. Thomas, proclamation by President Lincoln regarding pardons and an oath of allegiance, naming of the forts and batteries around Washington, D.C., the case of 1st Lt. J.M. Garland of the 42nd New York Volunteers, Joseph Hooker relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac, retaliation for violation by rebel forces of the laws of war, the order for execution of Private George W. Johnson of Company D of the 4th Regiment Delaware Volunteers for the murder of James Holland, joint resolution of thanks to Ulysses S. Grant

Selection of general orders and proclamations from 1864 including the appointment of W.S. Rosecrans to the command of Department of Missouri, an order for a draft of 5,000 men for three years or during the war, lifting of the blockade at Brownsville, Texas, death sentence on deserters mitigated to imprisonment at Dry Torugas, Florida, information regarding an act of congress reviving the grade of Lieutenant General in the United States Army, H.W. Halleck relieved of command with assignments for U.S. Grant, W.T. Sherman and J.B. McPherson, a draft ordered for 200,000 men for military service, dishonorable dismissal for Colonel Frank Wolford of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers, modification to the dismissal of Captain John W. Todd, assignment of D. Hunter to the command of the Department of West Virginia, assignment of Irvin McDowell to the command of the Department of the Pacific, revocation of the dismissal of Captain Lyman M. Kellogg, amnesty to insurgent enemies, information on the uniform for chaplains, permanent assignment of P.H. Sheridan to the Middle Military Division, reassignments of Joseph Hooker and Maj. Gen. Heintzelman, acceptance of the resignation of George B. McClellan and the appointment of Philip H. Sheridan as Major General, reorganization of the Army of the James with E.O.C. Ord and G. Weitzel given command, call for 300,000 volunteers, dismissal of Lt. Col. W.J.L. Nicodemus as Chief of the Signal Corps, order from Department of State regarding passports for persons coming from foreign countries

Selection of general orders and proclamations from 1865 including the Navy Department announcement of the death of Abraham Lincoln, Quartermaster General's Office arrangements for joining the funeral of President Lincoln, mourning arrangements at the death of Edward Everett, organization of Military Department of Kentucky under the command of J.M. Palmer and Department of the Cumberland under G.H. Thomas, National Salute to be fired in honor of the restoration of the flag of Union upon Fort Sumter, resignation of Major Delozier Davidson, proclamation by President Lincoln ordering deserters to return to their proper posts, arrangements for the ceremony for National Salute at Fort Sumter, reinstatement of William J.L. Nicodemus to former rank in Signal Corps, headquarters of the Armies of the United States established in Washington, D.C., War Department's arrangements for the day of the funeral of President Lincoln, information from the Attorney General's office with details about the treatment of rebel officers

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